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Lyss Welding

Higher Education Research Analyst
Badge Check Expertise
  • National higher education data
  • Survey reporting
  • Student aid and finances
Academic Cap Education
BA Linguistics, University of Chicago

Lyss Welding is a higher education analyst and senior editor for BestColleges who specializes in translating massive data sets and finding statistics that matter to students. Lyss has worked in academic research, curriculum design, and program evaluation. They've presented on collecting and using data at the Data Science for Social Good and Illinois Continuous Quality Improvement conferences.

Lyss' work has been cited by Forbes, Investopedia, and the Council on Foreign Relations.

They hold a bachelor's degree in linguistics from the University of Chicago.

Subject areas
Student loan debt, cost of college, higher education research

Read Lyss's Latest Articles

Average LSAT Score and Scores of Accepted Law Students

February 15, 2023
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Student Loan Default Rate: Facts and Statistics

December 18, 2023
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Virginia 529 Plan: What College Savers Should Know

July 3, 2023
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Utah 529 Plan: What College Savers Should Know

December 8, 2023
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Oregon 529 Plan: What College Savers Should Know

July 3, 2023
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